Gold Line ★ 4.7
$$$Highland Park{'monday': 'closed', 'tuesday': '17:00-00:00', 'wednesday': '17:00-00:00', 'thursday': '17:00-00:00', 'friday': '17:00-02:00', 'saturday': '17:00-02:00', 'sunday': '17:00-00:00'}
Gold Line in Highland Park, built by Stones Throw founder Peanut Butter Wolf, is the LA listening bar with 7,500 records and a Thorens turntable.
Tip: No outside records or laptops. Rotating local DJs play house-party volume. Walk-in, cocktails $16 to $20.
Tabula Rasa Bar ★ 4.5
$$Thai Town and East Hollywood{'monday': '14:00-00:00', 'tuesday': '14:00-00:00', 'wednesday': '14:00-00:00', 'thursday': '14:00-00:00', 'friday': '14:00-02:00', 'saturday': '14:00-02:00', 'sunday': '14:00-00:00'}
Tabula Rasa Bar on Hollywood Boulevard in LA's Thai Town pours 20 natural wines by the glass and 200 bottles with live jazz and DJ industry nights.
Tip: Live jazz Sunday and Tuesday from 20:00 typically. Walk-in seating, food trucks rotate in the courtyard.
Sunset & Vinyl ★ 4.3
$$$Hollywood{'monday': '19:00-02:00', 'tuesday': '19:00-02:00', 'wednesday': '19:00-02:00', 'thursday': '19:00-02:00', 'friday': '19:00-02:00', 'saturday': '19:00-02:00', 'sunday': '19:00-02:00'}
Sunset & Vinyl hides behind a back staircase inside 800 Degrees Pizza in Hollywood, a 70s-themed LA listening lounge devoted to vintage records.
Tip: Open 19:00 to 02:00. Walk-up the staircase past the pizza counter. Smart casual; weekends fill by 22:00.
Only the Wild Ones ★ 4.5
$$$Venice{'monday': 'closed', 'tuesday': '17:00-23:00', 'wednesday': '17:00-23:00', 'thursday': '17:00-00:00', 'friday': '17:00-01:00', 'saturday': '16:00-01:00', 'sunday': '16:00-22:00'}
Only the Wild Ones on Abbot Kinney in Venice is the Japanese-style hi-fi listening bar that opened 2025 with LA natural wines and small-batch drinks.
Tip: Resy reservations open weekly. Bar seats are walk-in; the Tannoy speaker set runs all-vinyl mid-week, mixed-format weekends.
Tiki-Ti ★ 4.7
$$Silver Lake{'monday': 'closed', 'tuesday': 'closed', 'wednesday': '18:00-00:00', 'thursday': '18:00-00:00', 'friday': '18:00-00:00', 'saturday': '18:00-00:00', 'sunday': 'closed'}
Tiki-Ti on Sunset in Los Feliz, opened 1961 by Ray Buhen, is the 12-seat LA tiki room pouring 90 family-recipe cocktails over three generations.
Tip: Cash only, no reservations. Closed Sunday through Tuesday. Order the Ray's Mistake, the bartenders ring a bell.
Rainbow Bar & Grill ★ 4.4
$$West Hollywood{'monday': '11:00-02:00', 'tuesday': '11:00-02:00', 'wednesday': '11:00-02:00', 'thursday': '11:00-02:00', 'friday': '11:00-02:00', 'saturday': '15:00-02:00', 'sunday': '15:00-02:00'}
Rainbow Bar & Grill on the West Hollywood Sunset Strip is the 1972 rock dive that fed Led Zeppelin, Motorhead and Guns N Roses into the small hours.
Tip: Kitchen runs to 01:30, bar to 02:00. Lemmy's corner booth is preserved by the front door.